Niger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 See also 1.5 References 2 Bosnian 2.1 Proper noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Proper noun 4 Czech 4.1 Proper noun 5 Finnish 5.1 Proper noun 5.1.1 Declension 5.1.2 Derived terms 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Proper noun 6.2.1 Derived terms 7 German 7.1 Proper noun 7.1.1 Derived terms 8 Italian 8.1 Proper noun 8.1.1 Derived terms 9 Norwegian 9.1 Proper noun 9.1.1 Related terms 10 Polish 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Proper noun 10.2.1 Declension 10.2.2 Derived terms 11 Serbian 11.1 Proper noun 11.1.1 Cyrillic spelling 12 Swedish 12.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin niger (“‘black’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

River

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnaɪdʒə/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@/
• (US) enPR: nījər, IPA: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@r/

Country

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnaɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/, /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@(r)/, /ni:"ZE@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

• (US) enPR: nījər, IPA: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/, /niːˈʒɛɹ/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@r/, /ni:"ZEr/

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The second pronunciations for the country name follow the French pronunciation, French being the official language of Niger. ^[1][2]

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Niger

Plural -

Niger

1. A country in Western Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger.
2. (geography) A river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

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• Nigerien

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

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• Notes:

1. ^ How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com
2. ^ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

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[edit] Bosnian

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Niger m.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

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[edit] Croatian

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Niger m.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

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[edit] Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

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Niger

1. Niger (country)

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Declension of Niger (type risti) singular plural nominative Niger – genitive Nigerin – partitive Nigeriä – accusative Niger Nigerin – inessive Nigerissä – elative Nigeristä – illative Nigeriin – adessive Nigerillä – ablative Nigeriltä – allative Nigerille – essive Nigerinä – translative Nigeriksi – instructive – – abessive Nigerittä – comitative – –

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• nigeriläinen

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[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [niʒɛʁ]

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Niger m.

1. Niger (country)

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• Nigerien

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[edit] German

Wikipedia ^de

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Niger m. and n.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

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• Nigeria
• Nigrer
• Nigrerin
• nigrisch

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[edit] Italian

Wikipedia ^it

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Niger m.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

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• nigerino

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[edit] Norwegian

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Niger

1. Niger (country)

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• nigerer
• nigerisk

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɲiɡɛr/

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Niger m.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

[edit] Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	Niger
Genitive	Nigru
Dative	Nigrowi
Accusative	Niger
Instrumental	Nigrem
Locative	Nigrze
Vocative	Nigrze

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• (#1) Nigerczyk m., Nigerka f.
• adjective: nigerski

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

1. Niger (country)
2. Niger (river)

[edit] Cyrillic spelling

• Нигер

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

1. Niger (country)